ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn!!!

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

SrimathE ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

 

Our sampradayam is called as Srivaishnava sampradayam. According to this

sampradayam emperuman along with piratti is considered to be everything. We

fall to the divine feet of Sriman Narayanan. The prime identification (svaroopa

niroopaka dharmam) for perumal himself is the Sri sambhandam. Nammazhvar

praises thiruvenkatamudaiyan as, " agalagillEn eraiyum endru alarmEl mangai urai

mArbA " . Thirumazhisai piran says, " thiruvillA dEvarai thErEnmin thEvu " . Though

we find the importance of Sridevi nachiyar in the paasurams of other azhvars one

azhvar who started his prabhandam with the Sri sabdham and ended with the same

is none other than our peyAzhvar who took avataram in mAdamAmayilai. The first

two among the mudal azhvars lit lamps (loka deepam and jnana deepam) but the

third azhvar, peyazhvar without any difficulty of lighting any lamp enjoyed the

divine beauty of emperuman and sung " ThirukkandEn ponmEni kandEn thigazhum

arukkan aniniramum kandEn " First he saw only 'thiru' Sridevi nachiyar. Why?

Thayar is the embodiment of mercy. She doesnt see our faults and hence easily

gives darshan and not stopping with that she does purushakaram and makes

emperuman forgive all our mistakes and shower his krupai on all of us. That is

why our elders say that whenever we go to a temple we have to first visit the

sannadhis of azhvar/acharyas, followed by thayar sannadhi and with the

permission of thayar visit perumal's sannadhi so that emperuman's anger on us

due to the innumerable apacharams committed by us will be softened by thayar in

the appropriate manner. So azhvar also says that he saw only 'thiru' Sridevi

nAchiyar first. While completing his prabhandam also peyazhvar ends saying,

" thEnamarum poo mEl thiru " . So he started the prabhandam with 'thiru' and ended

with 'thiru'. Usually the crux of the prabhandam can be understood by seeing

the first, middle and last paasuram. We have seen that the first and last talk

about Sriman Narayanan. In the middle lets see in the thiruvallikeni paasuram

what azhvar says, " endhai oruvalli thAmaraiyAl ondriya seer mArban

thiruvallikeniyAm sendru " Again he talks about emperuman on whose chest resides

the divine piratti. So in his single prabhandam peyazhvar has excellently put

the main aspect of Srivaishnava sampradayam. He ends the prabhandam stating

that the divine couples are our sole refuge. Probably only because of the great

interest shown by peyazhvar towards establishing the importance of sridevi

nAchiyar, his avathara stalam is called as " mahila pur " (now changed to

mylapore) and probably keeping this in mind only thirumangai mannan sang

mangalasasanams to the ladies in mAdamAmayilai thiruvallikeni (piratti being on

the top of the list) as " oppavarillA mAdargal vAzhum mAdamAmayilai

thiruvallikeni " .

 

Andal in her last paasuram in thiruppavai did mangalAsAsanams to " vanga kadal

kadaindha mAdhavanai kEsavanai " . Where to see mAdhavan and kEsavan together? In

mylapore there are two temples one for mAdhavan and one for kEsavan and

inbetween the two temples we find the avathara stalam of peyazhvar and the big

well in which azhvar was born in a alli flower. Peyazhvars from both the above

sannadhis visit the avathara stalam on Iyppasi sadhayam day, thiruavathara

thirunAl every year and undergo thirumanjanam. Here are the links to the photos

of both the azhvars taken after thirumanjanam and alankaram.

 

1. Peyazhvar at Keshavan Sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536400

 

2. Peyazhvar at Madhavan sannidhi: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536407

 

It is amazing that many of the azhvars have not given that much importance to

their avathara stalams and hence not sung about the same. But peyazhvar has

done mangalasasanam to emperuman in thiruvallikeni that too first among

divyadesa mangalasasanam. There is a separate sannadhi for peyazhvar in

thiruvallikeni and the street is itself called as " peyazhvar koil street " . Some

say that azhvar took avataram only here in the alli flower since the place

itself is named only after the pond filled with alli flowers. The speciality

here is that for all azhvar/acharya thirunakshatram Sri Parthasarathi emperuman

due to his atmost sowlabhyam undergoes thirumanjanam with the respective

azhvar/acharya in the morning and purappadu followed by sattrumarai in the

evening. The thirumanjanam and sattrumarai occur only inside the temple

premises. But only on peyAzhvar thirunakshatra day, first peyazhvar comes from

his sannadhi does mangalasasanams to parthasarathi and invites emperuman to his

sannadhi. Parthasarathi without any second thought follows suit straight to

azhvar sannadhi and stays the whole day in azhvar sannadhi and everything

thirumanjanam, sevai, sAttrumarai occurs only in peyazhvar sannadhi. Doesn't

this show that emperuman is surely bhaktha parAdheenan. He runs to celebrate

the avathara mahotsavam of his dear devotee. Who else other than our dear

Parthasarathi can show such a great sowlabhyam? He ran to the call of the gopis

will he not run for the sake of Peyazhvar?

 

Photo of Thiruvallikeni pEyazhvar on the sattrumarai day is uploaded in the site

under the following link.

3. Peyazhvar at Triplicane: http://www.pbase.com/svami/image/35536412

 

Adiyen will send the link to photos of Parthasarathi during the morning

purappadu to peyazhvar sannadhi and evening thiruveedhi purappadu soon.

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsan/dAsee

Varadarajan/Sumithra